8 best-selling biography books like The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

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The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

By: Kao Kalia Yang

3.84

Format: 352 pages,

In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn j…

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1. Letters and Journals

By: Katherine Mansfield , C.K. Stead

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

'Now - now I want to write recollections of my own country. Yes, I want to write about my own count… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I sometimes wonder whether the act of surrender is not one of the greatest of all - the highest. It is one of the [most] difficult of all... You see it's so immensely complicated. It needs real humil…"

-Katherine Mansfield, Letters and Journals

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2. Pledged - Secret Life Of Sororities

By: Alexandra Robbins

3.22

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

This New York Times bestseller is a fast-paced, behind-the-scenes book that blows the lid off the i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House by Valerie Plame Wilson

3. Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House

By: Valerie Plame Wilson

3.58

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

On July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq, former ambassador Joseph Wilson'… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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4. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

By: Kao Kalia Yang

3.84

Format: 352 pages,

In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn j… read more

Similar categories in Kao Kalia Yang's The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir book and Kao Kalia Yang's The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • asia
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • book club
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5. Where You Left Me

By: Jennifer Gardner Trulson

4.48

Format: 448 pages,

Lucky--that's how Jennifer would describe herself. She had a successful law career, met the love of… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • book club
Cover of Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World by Jane A. Schmidt

6. Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World

By: Jane A. Schmidt

3.93

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Not a Perfect Fit is a collection of stories that are laugh-out-loud funny one minute and thought-p… read more

Similar categories in Jane A. Schmidt's Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World book and Kao Kalia Yang's The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

  • nonfiction
Cover of Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond by William Stadiem, Essie Mae Washington-Williams

7. Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond

By: William Stadiem , Essie Mae Washington-Williams

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Breaking nearly eight decades of silence, Essie Mae Washington-Williams comes forward with a story … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

8. Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America

By: Lily Burana

3.38

Format: None pages,

There's no business like the sex business -- or is there? In this poignant, bittersweet, sometimes … read more

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9. Speaking Truth to Power

By: Anita Hill

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Paperback

After her astonishing testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, Anita Hill ceased to be a private … read more

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10. Clearly, I Didn't Think This Through: The Story of One Tall Girl's Impulsive, Ill-Conceived, and Borderline Irresponsi ble Life Decisions

By: Anna Goldfarb

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Her Defense, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time... Although Anna Goldfarb is very tall, she … read more

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11. A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in the Himalayas

By: Jane Wilson-Howarth

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set against the backdrop of one of the most colourful countries in the world, A Glimpse of Eternal … read more

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12. Ghost No More

By: CeeCee James

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

How do you keep fighting for hope, when everything around you is tearing hope down? Five year old C… read more

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13. Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs

By: None

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Linda Atwell and her strong-willed daughter, Lindsey--a high-functioning young adult with intellect… read more

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14. Saltwater

By: Cathy McLennan

4.10

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

‘Everyone knows that some of those kids are innocent … your dilemma is not whether the kids are inn… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

15. Knee Deep in Paradise

By: None

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The star of the popular ABC-TV series Grace Under Fire recounts her childhood in the South as the d… read more

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16. Dream Catcher: A Memoir

By: None

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

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Cover of Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind by Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

17. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives by Anne  Michaud

18. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

By: Anne Michaud

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more

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  • book club
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

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19. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

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  • book club
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

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-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

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20. Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path

By: Beth Koritz

3.99

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

How many times have you taken a look at your life and thought these words? "Things have got to chan… read more

Similar categories in Beth Koritz's Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path book and Kao Kalia Yang's The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Blockade: The Diary of an Austrian Middle-Class Woman, 1914-1924 by Anna Eisenmenger

21. Blockade: The Diary of an Austrian Middle-Class Woman, 1914-1924

By: Anna Eisenmenger

3.67

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

English, Pages 98. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back. This bo… read more

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  • history

5 must-read history books like The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

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Valerie Plame Wilson

3.58

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Kao Kalia Yang

3.84

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Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond

William Stadiem , Essie Mae Washington-Williams

3.47

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Anne Michaud

4.29

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Jennifer Niven

3.16

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Lori Space Day

3.95

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Xavier Francisco Amador , Amanda LaPera , Xavier Amador

4.82

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Johanna Garton

3.72

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